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Homemade tonkatsu sauce is a sweet, tangy, and savory Japanese-style condiment made for crispy pork cutlet, chicken katsu, croquettes, and fried foods. This recipe shows three easy ways to build the sauce at home using pantry ingredients such as ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, sugar, oyster sauce, mustard, or fruit-based sweetness for depth. The key is balancing acidity, umami, and gentle sweetness so the sauce tastes bold enough to cut through crunchy panko coating without overpowering the meat. Each version can create a glossy texture with a rich flavor that works as a drizzle, dip, or quick seasoning for Japanese-style meals. The final tonkatsu sauce is practical, flavorful, and easy to adjust, making it useful for home cooks who want a simple homemade sauce for katsu, fried vegetables, sandwiches, or bento dishes.
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00:01Hi, I'm Yuto from Suzashi and today I'm going to show you how to make three delicious sauces
00:06to serve with your Japanese Tonka support cutlets. Let's get started. I'm going to start with the
00:15most basic one. So grab a bowl and add 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce, 1 tablespoon of soy
00:22sauce, 1 tablespoon of ketchup, a generous pinch of light brown sugar, and a tablespoon
00:30of sesame seeds. Mix all those together until combined. This is a pretty standard Tonka sauce
00:37that heavily relies on the flavour of Worcestershire sauce.
00:41Next I'm going to show you how to make a rich misokatsu sauce. This one needs to be cooked
00:48down so grab a small saucepan and add 100ml dashi stock, 1.5 tablespoon of mirin, 1 tablespoon
00:57of sake, 2 tablespoons of light brown sugar, 1 teaspoon of soy sauce, and finally 2 tablespoons
01:04of red hachou miso. This miso is made purely with soy beans and salt. It doesn't contain
01:11any other grains so it's naturally vegan and gluten free.
01:16Anyway, bring that to a boil over medium heat and stir until it becomes smooth. Misokatsu
01:22made with this sauce is actually a regional dish from Aichi Prefecture where I grew up.
01:28I might be biased but it's so good and I seriously recommend giving it a try.
01:33Okay, once it starts to boil, reduce the heat and simmer for about 10 minutes or until it has
01:39thickened. Stay occasionally and be careful splashing. When it looks like this, turn off
01:45the heat and stir in half a tablespoon of sesame seeds.
01:54Finally, I'm going to make a toasty and nutty sesame sauce. First, we need to toast 2 tablespoons
02:01of sesame seeds in a dry pan over medium heat. Make sure to keep moving the seeds to prevent
02:08burning. Toasting sesame seeds help bring out their flavour, though this sauce is quite intensely
02:14sesame flavoured. When they're nice and golden, transfer them to a mortar and grind them into
02:21a powder. For this small amount, I find grinding them by hand more convenient but for a large batch,
02:28you might want to use a food processor.
02:34Once it's more or less smooth, transfer it to a bowl and add 2 teaspoons of soy sauce,
02:392 teaspoons of washed soy sauce, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 2.5 tablespoons of water and 1 tablespoon
02:48of ketchup. Mix those together until smooth and that's it.
02:583 delicious homemade sauces that can be drizzled over crispy tonkatsu, all served on the side
03:04for dipping. By the way, if you're interested in learning how to make the crispiest ever
03:09tonkatsu, check out my other video. You won't be disappointed.
03:13Thanks so much for watching. Which one was your favourite? Let me know in the comments and if
03:18you want to read more or see my other recipes, check out my blog. The link is in the description.
03:23Have a great day.
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